Author: Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner

With less than two months until the November general election and congressional primaries wrapping up on Tuesday, several House incumbents in competitive districts are gearing up to defend their seats in what are expected to be the closest races of the 2024 cycle. Republicans are looking to expand their razor-thin majority this fall, with Democrats…

As House Democratic leadership condemns the Republicans’ proposed continuing resolution as “partisan” and “unacceptable,” eyes will be on the five House Democrats who voted in favor of a voter integrity bill in July. Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday and are preparing to vote on a continuing resolution with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act attached…

EXCLUSIVE — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is poking fun at House Republicans ahead of a busy three-week session on Capitol Hill, showcasing moments from the GOP “circus” as lawmakers return to vote on a spending deal package and other messaging bills. In a video released Monday and shared first with the Washington Examiner, the…

The last round of primaries before the 2024 general election is coming to a head on Tuesday, with voters from Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island heading to the ballot box to select new governors, senators, and House members after a string of retirements. In Delaware, two prominent Democratic lawmakers’ departures sent ripples through the…

The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee released a lengthy report Sunday on its investigation into the United States’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, with the report detailing preparation failures and department-level mistakes that led to the deaths of 13 service members. The release of the report on the Afghanistan withdrawal investigation, which was started…

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) thinks members of his party will only have themselves to blame if they lose their razor-thin House majority come November. “What’s frustrating me is I firmly believe that House Republicans are going to lose the majority,” Gonzales told Punchbowl News at the Texas Tribune festival Thursday. “And we’re going to lose…

Vice President Kamala Harris is working to distance herself from President Joe Biden‘s economic proposals as she navigates a razor-thin margin in the 2024 election and faces scrutiny for how she would handle inflation and taxes, two major issues on voters’ minds heading to the ballot box. Republicans have attacked Harris’s record since Biden stepped…

The House Education and the Workforce Committee subpoenaed Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Wednesday for documents related to how the Minnesota government handled an alleged fraud scheme by a nonprofit group during the coronavirus pandemic. The subpoena argues that information provided by the Minnesota Department of Education regarding its oversight of the federal child nutrition…

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), House Republican Conference chairwoman, is calling for an investigation into Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) after New York officials charged the governor’s former aide over being an alleged foreign agent for the Chinese government. Linda Sun was charged with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gained a Republican challenger in her reelection to the Senate on Tuesday night, setting the GOP up for a long-shot bid in a blue state whose congressional delegation is all but locked in for Democrats. The Associated Press called the race for John Deaton at 8:42 p.m., 42 minutes after the…